John Downes-Angus
@johndownesangus.bsky.social
Public HS English Teacher in NYC.
“I had no idea Thoreau’s journal was so big!!”
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“I had no idea Thoreau’s journal was so big!!”
NYPL trip w the kids: Thoreau’s pencil and journal; Annie Proulx’s journals and manuscripts; Jack Kerouac’s journals; nature photo archive diving
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NYPL trip w the kids: Thoreau’s pencil and journal; Annie Proulx’s journals and manuscripts; Jack Kerouac’s journals; nature photo archive diving
For anyone interested in the scene shortening thing. It’s fun!
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
For anyone interested in the scene shortening thing. It’s fun!
Milly, knowing she’s terminally ill—this book is so good. “The beauty of the bloom had gone from the small old sense of safety - that was distinct: she had left it behind her there for ever.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Milly, knowing she’s terminally ill—this book is so good. “The beauty of the bloom had gone from the small old sense of safety - that was distinct: she had left it behind her there for ever.”
“tragedy, ecstasy, doom”
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“tragedy, ecstasy, doom”
Great little volume/a reminder that one of the best things about caring about poetry is hearing what others have made of things you’ve liked
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Great little volume/a reminder that one of the best things about caring about poetry is hearing what others have made of things you’ve liked
Rereading “the wings of the dove” since it’s insanely immersive and fun, and I forgot that “iced coffee” makes its way in—find that surprising for some reason, like I thought cool cafes invented that
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Rereading “the wings of the dove” since it’s insanely immersive and fun, and I forgot that “iced coffee” makes its way in—find that surprising for some reason, like I thought cool cafes invented that
I love this insane album art. “Let’s…scatter the cover with things that look like playing cards. Marble background.”
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I love this insane album art. “Let’s…scatter the cover with things that look like playing cards. Marble background.”
There's a Divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
There's a Divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will
Fun Strand find
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Fun Strand find
No hate because I know how hard it is to write good questions but the badness of this question from a teacher resource is really funny
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
No hate because I know how hard it is to write good questions but the badness of this question from a teacher resource is really funny
Have no idea what my kids are going to make of these plays/am very curious
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Have no idea what my kids are going to make of these plays/am very curious
Wallace Stevens bein a weirdo
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Wallace Stevens bein a weirdo
Sometimes think about Adorno being scandalized by the notion that he might have hobbies. “I have no hobby.”
Did make some fair points about free time! But “I take them all, without exception, very seriously” is a very funny sentence.
Did make some fair points about free time! But “I take them all, without exception, very seriously” is a very funny sentence.
November 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Sometimes think about Adorno being scandalized by the notion that he might have hobbies. “I have no hobby.”
Did make some fair points about free time! But “I take them all, without exception, very seriously” is a very funny sentence.
Did make some fair points about free time! But “I take them all, without exception, very seriously” is a very funny sentence.
Fall mornings 🫢
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Fall mornings 🫢
Like this one about Beavers. The book is like a weird mix between Susan Howe and Lydia Davis.
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Like this one about Beavers. The book is like a weird mix between Susan Howe and Lydia Davis.
Cool book—Kristin Dykstra’s “Dissonance.” It’s so nice to read something that is just doing its own thing—in this case, making Vermont feel very intense.
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Cool book—Kristin Dykstra’s “Dissonance.” It’s so nice to read something that is just doing its own thing—in this case, making Vermont feel very intense.
Feel like I cracked some kind of code by having the extremely fortunate opportunity to teach HS at a school with university library access
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Feel like I cracked some kind of code by having the extremely fortunate opportunity to teach HS at a school with university library access
I didn’t not buy this at Target
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I didn’t not buy this at Target
